Documents

LAW & LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

This collection of readings includes documents through which one can become better acquainted with basic laws regarding land use and jurisdiction in Hawaiʻi. Some of these Acts, statutes, and regulations have served as grounds for Mauna Kea Hui legal suits that detained TMT’s construction process over seven years, and current positions being taken by the Mauna Kea 31 and others.

Admissions Act of 1959. Pub. L. 86-3, 73 Stat 4. 19 March 1959. An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union.

Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Pub. L. 89-665; 80 Stat 915; 16 U.S.C. 470. 15 October 1966.
An Act to establish a program for the preservation of Historic properties throughout the Nation.

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Pub. L. 91-190, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347. 1 January 1970. An Act to establish U.S. national environmental policy and goals for protection, maintenance, and enhancement of the environment and provides a process for implementing these goals within federal agencies.

UH, BLNR, DLNR and AFFILIATED

This collection of readings includes documents concerning management policy around the Mauna Kea Summit and the area deemed the Mauna Kea Science Reserve. The sections cover previous and current UH management plans, State of Hawaiʻi audits of UH and DLNR, and Conservation District Use Permit actions.

Group 70 International. 2000. Mauna Kea Master Plan. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i. Policy update for the management of the “Mauna Kea Science Reserve” as recommended by the 1998 State Audit (Report No. 98-6).

State of Hawai‘i Office of the Auditor 1998. A Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i. Report No. 98-6. February 1998. Audit of the University of Hawaiʻi and the Department of Land and Natural Resources management of Mauna Kea summit and Science Reserve.

State of Hawai‘i Office of the Auditor 2005. A Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i. Report No. 05-13. December 2005. Follow-up Audit of the University of Hawaiʻi and the Department of Land and Natural Resources management of Mauna Kea summit and Science Reserve.

State of Hawai‘i Office of the Auditor 2014. A Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i. Report No. 14-7. August 2014. Follow-up Audit of the University of Hawaiʻi and the Department of Land and Natural Resources management of Mauna Kea summit and Science Reserve.

Letter to Sam Lemmo, Administrator DLNR OCCLfrom Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, The Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Sierra Club, and Clarence Kukauakahi Ching in opposition to the TMT project and CDUA. November 22, 2010.

Board of Land and Natural Resources. 2011. Conservation District Use Permit (CDUP) HA-3568, Thirty Meter Telescope Project, Mauna Kea Science Reserve, Kaʻohe Mauka, Hāmakua District, Hawaiʻi. March 3, 2011. Approval of the Conservation District Use Application submitted by UH on behalf of TMT.

Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, Clarence Kukauakahi Ching; Flores-Case ʻOhana; Deborah J. Ward; Paul K. Neves; and Kahea: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance v. BLNR, State of Hawaiʻi; DLNR, State of Hawaiʻi; William Aila Jr.; and the UH at Hilo. Civil No. 13-1-0349. Appeal in the Third Circuit Court of the State of Hawaiʻi following the BLNR decision to grant UH the CDUP for the TMT.

Mauna Kea Flyer that can be distributed to family, friends, co-workers, visitors, and the general public to inform others about what is happening on our sacred mountain, our sacred piko. There are 2 versions, one black & white and one color. The information is the same on both, depending on availability of funds, someone can print either b&w or color.We want to acknowledge Tiare of Wana'ao Designsfor her assistance, time, and creativity in doing several drafts to get it to this final version.Mahalo to all for helping with printing and distribution!!